Matthews v. Commonwealth Edison Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
37 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 37 Ill. 2d 273 - Miller v. DeWitt · 39 Ill. 2d 445 - Louis v. Barenfanger · 58 Ill. 2d 146 - McNellis v. Combustion Engineering, Inc. · 57 Ill. App. 3d 498 - Burke v. Illinois Power Co. · 46 Ill. 2d 533 - Crafton v. Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The Act should be generously interpreted to protect those who are covered by it. It should not be extended by unnatural interpretations, especially where the normal worker’s compensation and tort remedies remain to give relief to an injured worker.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.